Battle Of The Flagships (57 Headphones Compared) UPDATE: Ultimate Ears UERM added (4/14/13) - Page 187

Originally Posted by korzena 

Hifiman is making amazing work with most of their headphones now! It would be so great if they would eventually make something even better than Orpheus! ...and price it less than LCD-3...so many people around the world could enjoy the best sound ever! Best of luck Hifiman:)

Originally Posted by Sniping 

HiFiMan has acknowledged the demand for an electrostat so they're probably working on a headphone along those lines.

Originally Posted by Sniping 

HiFiMan has acknowledged the demand for an electrostat so they're probably working on a headphone along those lines.

Originally Posted by DavidMahler 

also for the few days it worked, it was a marvelous sounding headphone amp.  i regret the whole experience.  i never knew how to get my money back on it though.

Originally Posted by wolfetan44 

$10k that you never got back? I would've been devastated.

Originally Posted by DavidMahler 

despite what many people may think, im not a supremely wealthy guy and I've made a lot of personal sacrifices to "feed the beast" and afford the collection which prompted the review.  I'm not claiming to be a pauper either, but what I am saying here is that I was very distraught by the fraudulent transaction and it happened at a time when I was far less familiar with the community (and the gear).  I gave up the hobby for a while.  If ever I could have re-claimed that loss it would have meant a lot to me.  But the time I spent stressing over it is worth far more than the 10K to me and that is how I got past it.

Originally Posted by DavidMahler 

despite what many people may think, im not a supremely wealthy guy and I've made a lot of personal sacrifices to "feed the beast" and afford the collection which prompted the review.  I'm not claiming to be a pauper either, but what I am saying here is that I was very distraught by the fraudulent transaction and it happened at a time when I was far less familiar with the community (and the gear).  I gave up the hobby for a while.  If ever I could have re-claimed that loss it would have meant a lot to me.  But the time I spent stressing over it is worth far more than the 10K to me and that is how I got past it.

Originally Posted by Silent One 

 

Surely, you put your Schedule C or Long-form to work, recording the personal loss...still, no less devastating. The community here is better place, thanks in part to your faith and recovery.

Originally Posted by hei629 

A very fine post indeed, thank god you decide to include IEMs in the list. I was looking to get a IEM and couldn't figure out which one to. Now I'm gonna target the JH13/16 for all the good things u said about them